Latest Black Friday News

We’ve been hearing rumors about a blowout 20th anniversary sale at Amazon, and this morning we got confirmation: Amazon is promising “more deals than Black Friday” all day on Wednesday, July 15. The catch? You must be a Prime member to take advantage of it.

“Prime Day is a one-day only event filled with more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for Prime members around the globe. Members tell us every day how much they love Prime and we will keep making it better,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President Amazon Prime. “If you’re not already a Prime member, you’ll want to join so you don’t miss out on one of the biggest deals extravaganzas in the world.”

Black Friday 2015 may still be seven months away, but Shopko has confirmed that all 300 of its stores will be open for Black Friday shoppers on Thanksgiving Day – even the ones in Wisconsin.

You can expect the lines at Lambeau Field to be just as intense as the one at Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day 2015. (Flickr / Mike Morbeck)

But why is Shopko talking about Black Friday in April?

It all has to do with the NFL. The league announced this week that the Green Bay Packers will host their biggest rival, the Chicago Bears, on Thanksgiving night. The game begins at 7:30pm – right smack in the middle of Black Friday shopping’s prime time.

Some enterprising journalist decided to ask Shopko (headquartered in Green Bay) to comment on how the game might affect their plans for Black Friday sales. And shockingly, comment they did, in a statement to local Fox affiliate WLUK.

“While business at our Green Bay and Wisconsin locations may start off slower than normal that evening, as our Wisconsin-based customers root on their hometown team, we expect it will be business as usual for the vast majority of our stores.”

It’s not even noon (well, on Central Time at least) and already most of Brad’s Top 25 Black Friday Deals have sold out! If you haven’t yet had time to get your shop on, do it now! There are still a few items you can get online now for their Black Friday prices! We went through Brad’s list and compiled a new one with only the sales that you can still purchase. But be quick! I have a feeling these won’t last long…